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Backcountry Access Tracker's new harness system and user-friendly tracking system speeds up the response time of finding those caught in an avalanche.
Step up your endeavors to be safe in the back woods with the Tracker DTS Transceiver from Backcountry Access. Wear its simplified harness system and new streamlined case while you reap the benefit of features like dual antenna technology, a center search light indicating signal strength, and a distance display. f09 avy
| Average receive time: | 50 hours |
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| Average transmit time: | 250 hours |
| Average weight: | 10.5 ounces with strap and batteries |
| Dimensions: | 5.75 x 3.27 x 1.26 inches |
| Range: | Up to 40 meters |
| Transmitting frequency: | 457 kHz |
| Type: | Digital |
| Weight: | 298 grams |
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These are products that have been indicated being comparable to this product:
 | Pieps DSP Avalanche Transceiver Snow Sports > Avalanche Gear | $449.95 - $450.00 |
 | Ortovox Patroller Avalanche Transceiver Snow Sports > Avalanche Gear | $289.00 |
 | Ortovox S1 Snow Sports > Avalanche Gear | $499.00 - $529.95 |
 | Life-Link Snow Pit/Rutschblock Card Snow Sports > Avalanche Gear | $4.95 |
 | Voile Tourlight Probe 260 Snow Sports > Avalanche Gear | $57.95 - $58.00 |
This product is available in the following colors:
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 | Gray / Yellow |
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Great Beacon | |
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| Any of the avy beacons on the market are good IF YOU PRACTIVE WITH THEM. They're only as good as how well you know how to use them. That said, I like the Tracker for a variety of reasons: it's the least expensive on the market, it's one of the toughest and most reliable, it's simple and intuitive to use, and it has one of the best harness systems. It's a little bulky, but Í prefer bulky to fragile. It's multiple burial function is a little bit weak, but those are overrated in effectiveness anyway. In a multiple burial situation, the time involved digging people out is the limiting factor, not finding them with the beacon. And most importantly, no matter what beacon you get, get to know your terrain and conditions so you don't get caught in the first place, then practice with your beacon, practice with your probe, practice with your shovel. Know how to do it so well that it's instinctive reflex and you don't have to think about it. | |
| Axel Bridges at REI on 01/31/2008 | |
Great Beacon | |
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| I have used this beacon for two years in the backcountry. It preformed as well, if not better than other beacons in a couple of Avi classes and in routine practice sessions. When I first got the beacon I was stoked about it because it was easier to use than my analog beacon (so my wife could use it). My wife loves it because it is easy to use. My only wish is that the beacon had a greater range. Other beacons pick up a signal faster. Once you get a signal, burial location is farily quick and easy. As with all beacons, practice is really important and can greatly influence location times. There are a lot of people in the Wasatch range with older analog beacons that are really practiced and fast. I look forward to trying out the new three channel beacons from Barryvox, Pieps, and Ortovox this year. [...] | |
| telemarkskier at Mountain Gear on 09/19/2006 | |
Redefines easy to use | |
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| I did an experiment with this beacon when I got it for Christmas. I hid my old beacon in a kitchen drawer (Ortovox F2). I went upstairs and I handed my wife this beacon. To give you an idea of her experience, she has never seen an avalanche beacon in person before, let alone ever used one. I didn't even tell her how to turn it on, let alone use it, and she was within 3 feet of my hidden beacon downstairs within 3 minutes. No joke, this is an amazingly easy to use beacon, simple buttons, easy to use, uncomplicated. If I was buried in an avalanche (I've been close) I would want my rescuers using this beacon to find me. | |
| asrjb25 at REI on 03/06/2009 | |
function before fashion | |
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| This is, without a doubt, the easiest transceiver I've used. I am consistently the first to find the "victim" when doing beacon practice with friends and during classes. In addition, it's the sherman tank of beacons. Some reviews were more concerned about how it made them look ("pregnant"), but personally I'd rather it be reliable to save my life or that of a friend. I don't care if it's hot pink and is the size of a dictionary (neither of which are accurate) as long as it does what it needs to do. Buy this beacon, deal with the bulk (it's not even that bulky!), PRACTICE USING IT, and ride safe. | |
| bluebuddha at REI on 11/28/2008 | |
Easy to use | |
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| I'm just getting into backcountry skiing and got this transceiver based on recommendations from guides and reviews. It's easy to use, fairly compact and one of the best deals out there. Hopefully I just wear it and never truly use it except in practice buries. | |
| Alison BC noob at Mountain Gear on 03/22/2008 | |
Simple, easy to use | |
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| Great product, its simple and easy to use which is really good for when you don't need any complications. Like when your buddy just got swept down the mountain and your brain just got a horse shot of adrenaline. | |
| Ben at Mountain Gear on 02/27/2008 | |
The original and still thr best ! | |
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| [...] On a recent trip to Mt.Washington, N.H, I was pleased to see the Tuckerman Ravine volunteer patrol uses the Tracker. If it stands up to their use, it will easily take the usual B/C use ! | |
| barkeater46 at Mountain Gear on 03/20/2007 | |
Easy to use | |
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| Easiest transceiver to use of any I have seen. Multiple burial function can be a little confusing, but as with any transceiver practice, practice and then practice some more! | |
| Will in Denver at REI on 09/18/2007 | |
NEVER GO INTO THE BACKCOUNTRY WITHOUT IT | |
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| THIS TRANSCEIVER IS VERY RELIABLE. THE DIRECTIONAL SYSTEM TAKES PRACTICE TO GET USED TO, BUT ONCE YOU FIGURE IT OUT IT IS QUICK TO FOLLOW. ALWAYS PRACTICE RESCUES!!! | |
| ak907 at REI on 09/12/2007 | |
good product, hope you never need it | |
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| dts has good battery life and is easy to instruct others on how to use it. I use one personally and now have a couple at work. | |
| Eor at Mountain Gear on 03/03/2008 | |
Easy to use, but TOO BULKY | |
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| The Tracker is really, really easy to use and a great backcountry beacon. I feel pretty petty about slamming it on this one thing, but....it's really bulky, and the harness design isn't that adjustable. Funtionally, it's bulky enough that my clothes don't fit over it, and that lets cold air seep in and makes me uncomfortable. (Did I mention that I'm 5'2"? I don't have much torso length to spare here.) Ultimately, it also makes me look pregnant, and that [*] me off. Backcountry Access, are you listening? If so, design your gear for WOMEN, please! I'd love to keep this Tracker around, but I might just take it back, keep my old analog Pieps, and hope like [*] that my spouse never needs that extra minute of time that the BA might have provided in return for hours of backcountry warmth and comfort. If you're short and female, avoid the Tracker. | |
| Freeheeler at REI on 03/14/2008 | |
